Only if they're paying 20+ per/hr with cheap benefits, 401K, and generous vacation time.

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Is there really a company out there that provides long-term benefits such as insurance AND VACATION and that will be around when we get ready to use it  Just wondering if anyone out there really has any benefits doing at home MT work.

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and expecting extremely experienced MTs, forget it. You're not going to get it.  If, however, you're willing to pay 9 or more cpl then you will find what you're looking for. There ARE experienced MTs out there who will work their fingers to the bone IF they are compensated well and treated with respect.

I am an IC.  Contracted with just 1 drs. office since they generate plenty of work.  There is another at home IC, who works there, too.  We have been backed up quite a bit lately, so they hired another IC to work prn.  My question to any other IC's out there is--Do you ever take family vacations?  How do you accomplish this?  Do you tell them your office will be closed for a week? What do they do about work while you are gone?  What usually happens to me is they punish me the week before by giving me extra work.  While I am gone, they just pour all of my work on the other IC and she gets backed up, and then when I returned I have twice as much work to do.  I feel like--why did I bother taking vacation?!  I get burned out prior to vacation, and after returning to work I get burned out again from trying to catch up.  I mentioned today that we need someone to cover when we, the 2 IC's take vacation.  I was told the other IC "never takes time off" with a smirk.  I felt like saying, "Well, I am sorry, but I have a family and a life and it doesn't revolve around this office!!!!"  Got any advice?  I am so burned out and need some time off!!!! 

every other week.  I have never seen doctors take off so much as these docs I type for.  I work for a national and assigned my own docs and these two are always taking weeks off.  I so need another part time job but do not want to waste my time on a horrid account where I will NOT make any money.

I currently work 30 hours as an IC, but I am looking for a different company that has benefits.  Are there any companies that hire part-time (30 hours a week or less) and have benefits?

Thanks so much!

could be the end of the week or the end of the month or the day that the company calls the insurance company to cancel them. You cannot depend on thinking if you quit in the middle of the month you will be covered through the end of the month. You have to find out exactly from your company. Also for COBRA benefits you are eligible for up to 18 months or perhaps longer in special circumstances but yes you have to pay the premium all by yourself, the company doesn't chip in at all. The plus side is you are still in a group plan. You cannot get individual insurance unless you have NOTHING at all wrong with you, no high blood pressure, no depression, nothing. It is very important to not have a lapse in coverage greater than 60 days. If you do, you will lose coverage for any preexisting conditions when you go to your next GROUP insurance (this is the other part of HIPAA - portability). If for example you are covered for high blood pressure and you don't choose COBRA and your insurance lapses for more than 60 days, when you get on the next group plan, they will not cover your high blood pressure M.D. visits or medications for up to 1 year.

You can get relatively cheep individual coverage if you choose a high deductible, to carry you through. That is, if you can get it. Good luck.

and there is not one thing on earth wrong about their taking it.

I live in MS and know here are parts of MS that haven't yet seen the Red Cross! I'm sure your donation can be used. I will be checking to see if I can find out something in case someone else on this board does not know what can be done with your things.   I thank you for the people of MS for your generosity!

I have had a Vanguard fund for 15 years. They took care of any changes as I aged;i.e., I'm in the age bracket where I now have 2 growth funds (safe), one aggressive fund, and a another fund which I don't remember what type it is. But when I opened this account with a rollover, I tried to choose a mix of everything, utilities (oil,water, gas, phone, and electric companies), merchandising (Wal-Mart, etc.), franchise restaurants (McDonald's, etc.), health care (drug companies, nursing homes, etc.).

I was a bit mad when they switched my utility account to a "safe" fund. Think how much money I could have now. LOL

Just read your prospectus carefully AND the amount of yearly costs and expenses. That could make a huge difference in your overall "profit".

There is a new type of retirement fund for self employed business people where you can put money in as both an employee ($15,000) and as a percentage of your profits as the business owner.  It is called an Ind 401K.  Here is a link...

http://www.troweprice.com/common/index3/0,3011,lnp%253D10264%2526cg%253D960%2526pgid%253D10057,00.html?scn=Low-cost_plans_with_&rfpgid=7622

I wanted to go with T. Rowe Price but they do not allow loans, so i decided to go with Oppenheimer.

I am starting a part-time job in addition to my full-time job, and they both have 401k plans with matching, so if I could have both, I could get a little extra on both sides.  Somehow, though, I am thinking that probably is not allowed. 

Thanks for your input.